Historic Domaine Cataraqui to house hotel-tourism school
The city of Quebec is placing its money in building for a bigger future in tourism. Domaine Cataraqui, currently managed by the Commission de la capital nationale du Québec (CCNQ), …
New theatrical effects for Shannon Irish Show
This year’s Shannon Irish Show will feature a few theatrical effects and some avant-garde costumes for the dancers. “Our dancers begin outside … and for the second part of the …
Mikes turns 40 with a new, more Italian concept
The Québécois chain Mikes is 40 years old this year. The restaurants, which began in Montreal, are evolving to meet their customers’ more refined tastes for Italian-inspired food. But …
Greed to Read
There’s yet more stuff in the papers today about reading, how it’s declined so horrifically, how the next generation will be a crowd of wholesale illiterates, playing violent computer games …
Memorials and Things of Fame
1848 The Morning Chronicle, News of the Day This morning about one o’clock a fire broke out in Kelly’s buildings, Ermine Street; twenty-one buildings, chiefly of wood, were destroyed. …
Scaredy Squirrel helps his own author conquer her fears
Mélanie Watt took a big step in sending her school project to Kids Can Press — the result was the beginning of her Scaredy Squirrel adventures. Into her third book, …
CQSB welcomes student teachers
“Let such teach others who themselves excel.” Alexander Pope (1688-1744) Once again this year the Central Québec School Board has welcomed four student teachers from Bishop’s University into their schools, …
Quebec: A City and Its Artists at Musée
The Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec has launched Québec: A City and Its Artists, an exhibit featuring over 160 works by 22 artists who were born or lived in …
QHS students take to the stage
Teamwork is the key to a fantastic musical theatre production, and audiences should get set for a fantastic production of the musical Annie, staged by an enthusiastic team of students …
School boards have vital role to play
School board administrators from across the province spent last weekend defending their work to Quebec’s Minister of Education, Recreation and Sport Michelle Courshesne. The two-day forum on the democracy of …